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" IQ testing is part of the whole eugenics thought-pattern"

This is unpardonable hyperbole. Intelligence testing is Heinrich Himmler and Zyklon-B. I really think you should dial that WAY back.

"he can't read well enough to do one of your tests."

One of MY tests? I'm not involved in evaluating anyone other than potential software hires, is there some reason you are making this discussion so personal?

"... if we are to move forward, we need to understand the gaps in our thinking. Assuming that everything that matters can be measured & counted is one of those gaps"

You're about a century behind in your education. It is fundamental to science, and has been for a century, that there are limits to what is knowable. Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle shook up science profoundly and required a fundamental rethinking that went far, far beyond measurement of position and momentum.

Some suggested reading:

https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Theory-Schism-Physics-Postscript-ebook/dp/B00CDUUCEO/ref=sr_1_1

https://www.amazon.com/John-Bell-Foundations-Quantum-Mechanics/dp/9810246889/ref=sr_1_1

And before you object that this is irrelevant to the discussion, the calcium ion gates in the synapse are small enough to have quantum mechanical properties and while the debate over the role of the quantum in consciousness is unsettled, it is far from rejected.

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